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Profile: Nasami Farm Native Plant Nursery

May 8 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Whately
Nasami.greenhouse.creditCayteMcDonough.notours By Jenny Miller Sechler
Published in the CISA May 2014 ENewsletter
Visit Nasami Farm’s website
The drive to Nasami Farm in Whately winds its way through wooded groves and open fields, and the farm itself lies on 75 beautiful acres of forest, meadow, and stream. Visitors to the farm [continue reading]

Valley Bounty, May 3, 2014: Veggie Starts

May 3 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Gardening, Recipes
Locally grown bedding plants are chosen with our climate and growing conditions in mind, and buying direct from the farm allows you to get variety recommendations and growing tips right from the source. If you are new to gardening, make sure to ask about planting dates, as it’s still too cool for some heat-loving plants. [continue reading]

2014 Local Hero Awardee: Adams Farm

May 1 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets
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Each year, CISA presents three Local Hero Awards to farms, businesses, and/or individuals who exemplify our mission of strengthening the connection between farmers and the community. We applaud their hard work, social responsibility, and many contributions to sustaining local agriculture. Congratulations to our 2014 Local Hero Awardee, Adams Farm!
Adams Farm [continue reading]

On the Trail to Eden

Apr 28 2014
Published by under Bernardston, Farmstands and Markets
The Recorder, April 25th 2014
By Richie Davis. It’s a wooly world north of Eden. Sheep and lambs roam everywhere and bleating echoes all around the property, which is bisected by a rutted dirt path off Bernardston’s Eden Trail.
A dozen or more of the cross-bred, larger yearlings — some with fluffy [continue reading]

Valley Bounty, April 19, 2014: CSA Shares

Apr 19 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Gardening, Recipes
CSA membership offers a concrete way to support local agriculture, know the people who grow your food, and add a seasonal rhythm to your table. On CISA’s CSA list , you’ll find a broad selection of vegetable CSAs , along with those offering meat , grain , [continue reading]

Four young farmers start Stone Soup Farm Co-op, on front of worker-owned farm trend

Apr 14 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Shelburne Falls
Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 14th 2014, Rebecca Everett
HADLEY — Most farmers will tell you that cooperation is crucial to keeping a farm running like a well-oiled threshing machine.
But at Stone Soup Farm Cooperative in Hadley, cooperation is everything.
Four young farmers formed the worker-owned farm collective last fall [continue reading]

Profile: Left Field Farm

Apr 9 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Middlefield
By Jenny Miller Sechler
Published in the CISA April 2014 ENewsletter
Left Field Farm is an intimate place surrounded by forests full of life, with small greenhouses connected by stone walkways and a farm field alive with songbirds. “We didn’t grow this place,” says Maureen Sullivan, who, along with her [continue reading]

Dairy farmer warns proposed state rules governing manure would put him out of business

Apr 5 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Hawley
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 5, 2014. By Richie Davis. 
“If you impose these regulations, there will be no dairy farms left in the state of Massachusetts,” Tedd White, a West Hawley dairy farmer with 114 Holsteins, told officials at the third and final Department of Agricultural Resources hearing on proposed “plant [continue reading]

Valley Bounty, March 29, 2014: Pork

Mar 29 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets, Food in the Pioneer Valley, Gardening, Recipes
Pulled pork, pork chops. Empanadas, tamales, or dumplings.  Big roasts, or a little bit of bacon added for flavor. There are a lot of ways to eat a pig.  Local farmers are also growing different varieties of pigs, and can tell you about their choices. Locally grown pork is available direct from the farm through [continue reading]

Local Hero Farm Profile: Blossoming Acres

Mar 28 2014
Published by under Farmstands and Markets
By Abby Getman and Margaret Christie
Published in CISA’s 2013 Annual Report
Lenita and Jeff Bober grow vegetables, bedding plants and cut flowers, and operate an on-farm bakery on 80 acres in Southwick, Massachusetts. Southwick sits in the jog in the Massachusetts border with Connecticut, just south of Westfield, [continue reading]

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